Richardson - On the New Hampshire
On the day after the Iowa Caucuses I want to extend my congratulations to Sen. Obama and his supporters and my deep gratitude to the thousands of new Iowa caucus goers who successfully derailed the Clinton "Inevitability Express." Even though we only heard from slightly more people than the population of Spokane, their message of change must not be discounted. Now it is on to New Hampshire and the first primary of the election year.
"Folks,
Iowa is behind us. The rest of the nation is before us. And we have work to do.
The Iowa results did more than you might think if you've watched the national press coverage. It did not annoint Obama, nor did it destroy Clinton's campaign. (I'm still not sure what it said about Edward's campaign).
What Iowa did do - surprisingly quickly, was narrow the field of viable Democratic candidates down to FOUR.
Before midnight, Dodd, Biden and Gravel withdrew from the campaign. (And Kuchinich is Kuchinich - gotta love him.)
On Saturday night there will be a debate between the Democratic Candidates in New Hampshire - there will be only four candidates on stage: Obama, Clinton, Edwards - and Richardson.
On Saturday night, more people will hear more of Richardson than we've heard in previous debates - and I suspect that more people will be paying attention (in New Hampshire and nationally) than have been watching debates to date. There are no longer top- and second-tier candidates. There are FOUR candidates for the Democratic nomination.
So, let's get to work.
If you have any time over the next five days, ANY TIME, make some calls to New Hampshire voters on behalf of Bill Richardson. It's easy to do and the campaign has an easy process to get involved:
If you are heading to New Hampshire for the weekend, God bless you. But if you can't travel, you can have an impact on next week's primary. If you have an iota of belief that Richardson is the best person to take the helm of our nation, please join your fellow Richardson supporters from around the country to make next Tuesday's primary a landmark date in his road to the White House."
John Rice
PA for Pennsylvania
Thank you John. I am looking forward to watching what happens as we move forward and Gov. Richardson's message and his resume are brought to more Americans.
Experience for a Change
Peace,
Chad (The Left) Shue
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